need help with OTA update

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need help with OTA update

#1 Post by jschwalbe » 13 Nov 2019, 04:57

Hello - I have one of the Eco Plugs that were popular awhile back. I'm running (I think R147 - but I'm honestly not sure how to tell, I flashed it over a year ago). I'm trying to upgrade the firmware and I'd REALLY prefer not to crack the case back open because it was a pain in the rear.

I navigated to the firmware update page and I've tried a few different files, but no success.

Just for kicks, I tried:
* ESPEasy_R147_512.bin
* ESPEasy_R147_1024.bin

then
* ESPEastUploaderMega_1024.bin (the 277 kb file)

even tried a ESPHome .bin file just to see.

Each time, I get "Update Failed!" Is there a secret I'm missing? Thanks

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Re: need help with OTA update

#2 Post by jschwalbe » 13 Nov 2019, 04:58

P.S. Here is some info from the page if it's helpful.

ESP Chip ID: 358303
Flash Chip ID: 1327343
Flash Size: 1024 kB
Flash Writes (since boot): 0
Sketch Size/Free: 421 kB / 4 kB

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Re: need help with OTA update

#3 Post by Drum » 15 Nov 2019, 17:47

The "main" page when you connect to it should tell you which version, in the build line.

It looks like an ESP-01, I do not remember when but at one point they no linger could do OTA because the firmware was too big. It looks like that happened at 120.

Out of curiosity, why are you trying to upgrade?

If you need to upgrade, you likely will have to open it up, and may have to do a custom build with only the things you need. I did that for for the ESP-8285 a while back, but that was on the Arduino IDE not the new one. I have not been able to get the new one to work correctly. I got it to work for a day or 2 then it (IDE) got very buggy and I had to put is away for a while, too frustrating.

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Re: need help with OTA update

#4 Post by jschwalbe » 16 Nov 2019, 00:26

Drum wrote: 15 Nov 2019, 17:47 The "main" page when you connect to it should tell you which version, in the build line.
Sure enough. 147.

Switching to ESPHome bc I use Home Assistant and I've been using it with other projects - it just integrates soooo nicely.

Just wish there was a way to flash it to a super tiny build that can only create an ad-hoc and accept a larger firmware.

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Re: need help with OTA update

#5 Post by grovkillen » 16 Nov 2019, 02:59

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